Lantern



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Aug. 31 1926.

J. A. FEVGVARCHUK LANTERN Fild Feb. 11. 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYPatented Aug. 31, 1926.

JOHN. A. ruvovnacnnx, or orrroneo, .rrnrivors.

LANTERN.

Application'filed February 11, 1925. Serial No. 8,591.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in lanterns andmore particularly to that type which is used by railroad men. The mainobject of my invention is the provision of a lantern having a bicoloredglobe .with means for Covering one of the colors of the globe so thatonly one color at a time is used.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a lantern having asectional globe, one section including red coloring while the othersection is transparent together with improved means for positioning ahood in trout of one or the sections while the other section is in useso that the lantern may be used to display an ordinary light or redlight for use in signalling.

lVith the above andother objects inview, my invention consists in thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement 01parts to be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claimsand shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view through my improved lantern,

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Fig. 3 isa transverse section on theline 33 of Figure 1,

Fig. l is a detail section taken on the line 14t of Figure 3,

Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 55 of Figure 3, and

Fig. 6 is a detail section on the line 66 of Figure 2.

In carrying out my invention, Iprovide a substantially circular baseplate l'to which the lower ends otthe side arms 2 are con nected.Arranged in superposed relation with repect to the base plate 1, is aplate'3 and in order to connect the plates v1 and 3 and the lowerends'of the arms 2, suitable bolts l are provided which extend through theinturned flanges 5 on the lower ends of the side arms and through theplates 1 and '3 adjacent the perforations. .In order to retain theplates 1 and 3 in equal spaced relation, suitable sleeves 6 are mountedupon the bolts l and disposed between the two plates.

An annular supporting flange 7 is attached to the side arms 2 above andin spaced relation with the plate 3, said flange being angular lIlcross-section with 1ts vertical section 8 riveted or otherwise connectedto the side arms as shown in Figure 1.

The horizontal portion of the flange 17 is provided with a downturnedannular rim'9 -at a point adjacent its inner edge andithis rim '9,together with the rim 10 extending upwardly trom'the plate 3, formsuitable guides tor-the globe 11 which is disposed between the flange 7and the plate 3.

The inner edge of the flange 7 isturned upwardly as at 12 and arrangedaround the upturned flange 12 is a circular rack 13 adapted to beengaged by .a pinion 114 which is carried by the shaft- 15-. This shaft15 is supported in suitablebearings 16,'one

aranged in the plate 3 and the other arranged in the tlange'7,theshaft-bridging the space between the flange 7 andplate 3. The shaft1509.1116S a bevelledgear'17 which is adapted to mesh with asecondbevelled gear 18 on the stub shaft 19. 'This shaft 191's mounted in thevertical flange 8 and one of the slde arms 2 as shown 1n "Figure "1. Theouter end of the shaft 19 carries a'cranlz arm 20 whereby movement willbev impa-rtet -to the shaft 19 for rotating the shaft 15., :piniou 14and circular rack 13.

Arranged upon the lower end ofitheshaft 15 is apinion 21 which mesheswith the teeth 22 formed on the periphery of a rotatable disc 23 whichis'positioned between the base 1 and the plate 3, thus throughmanipulation ofthe crank arm 20. the circular-rack 13 and 'disc23 arerotated simultaneously.

A burner 24. is mounted upon the plate 3 and positioned centrallywithin'the globe 11 and the rays of: light from the burner 24t1nay passeither-section of the globe and in order to prevent the light frompassing through one section while the othersection is-in use,an arcuatehood member'25 is provided, the upper end of which is attached to thecircular rack 13 by means of the hangers 26 while the lower end thereofis 23 by means of an upstanding tongue 27, as illustrated in Figure 4.The tongue 27 moves in an arcuate slot 28 formed in the disc 23 and whenthis tongue 27 is in either end of the slot 28 either the red section orthe transparent section of the globe 11 will be covered while the raysfrom the burner 24 are passing through the other section ot the hood.

A chimney 29 is arranged over the upper connected at its centralportionto the disc end of the globe 11 having out-turned flanges 30 atits lower end which are riveted or otherwise secured to the flange 7.The upper ends of the side arms 2 converge, as shown at 31 and theirextreme upper ends are arranged in spaced relation with perforationstherein to receive the trunnions 32 of a handle member 33, any suitablemeans being used for retaining the trunnions in connection with thearms.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that I have provided acomparatively inexpensive lantern which will be of great convenience foruse by railroad men in that a great many instances'occur where there isuse for both a red lantern and a transparent globe lantern and with myinvention either aplain light or a red light may be quickly and readilybrought into position for display through manipulation of the crank 20.

The globe 11 is formed in two sections indicated as a and b, the sectiona preferably being of a transparent material while the section Zfiscolored, thus it will be apparent that when the hood 25 is moved so thatthe tongue 27 is disposed in either end of the slot 28, the hood :25will be in position to prevent the rays of light from the burner 24 frompassing through the section covered by the hood.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying myinvention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features ordeparting from the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A lantern including a frame, a light supported thereby, a sectionalglobe carried by the frame and surrounding the light, said globeincluding a transparent section and a colored section, a movable hoodcarried by the frame, a circular rack connected to the upper end of thehood, a tooth disc attached to the lower end of the hood, a shaft,pinions on each end of the shaft engaging with the rack and discrespectively and manual means for imparting movement to the shaftwhereby to move the hood to cover one of said sections while the otheris in use.

2. A lantern including a frame, a light support-ed thereby, a se tionalglobe carried by the frame and surrounding the light, said globeincluding a transparent section and a colored section, a movable hoodcarried by the frame, a circular rack connected to the upper end of thehood, a tooth disc attached to the lower end of the hood, a shaft,pinions on each end of the shaft engaging with the rack and discrespectively, manual means for imparting movement to the shaft wherebyto move the hood to cover one of said sections while the other is in useand n'ieans limiting the movement of the hood whereby when the hood ismoved the limit of its movement in one direction it will be properlypositioned to cover one of the sections of t ie globe.

3. A lantern including a frame, a light carried thereby, a sectionalglobe enclosing the light, said globe including a trans parent sectionand a colored section, a hood, a circular rack rotatably mounted uponthe frame and having connection with the upper end of the hood, a toothdisc having connection with the lower end of the hood, a shaft, a pinionon each end of the shaft engaging the rack and disc respectively, a stubshaft carried by the frame, a bevelled gear on the inner end of the stubshaft, a second bevelled gear on the first shaft engaging the bevelledgear on the stub shaft and a crank on the stub shaft whereby to manuallyimpart movement to the first shaft for moving the hood to cover onesection of the globe while the other is in use.

4:. A lantern including a frame, a light carried thereby, a sectionalglobe enclosing the light, said globe including a transparent sectionand a colored section, a hood, a ci cular rack rotatably mounted uponthe frame and having connection with the upper end of the hood, a toothdisc having connection. with the lower end of the hood, a shaft, apinion on each end of the shaft engaging the rack and disc respectively,a stub shaft carried by the frame, a bevelled gear on the inner end ofthe stub shaft, a second bevelled gear on the first shaft engaging thebevelled gear on the stub shaft, acrank on the stub shaft wherebytomanually impart movement to the first shaft for moving the hood to coverone section of the globe while the other is in use and means limitingthe movement of the hood whereby when the same is moved the limit of itsmovement in either dire-ction said hood will be properly positioned forcovering either section of the globe.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN A. PEVOVARCI-IUK.

